It's been shown that border collies are able to understand novel reordering to a limited degree. They are supposed to be as smart as five-year olds. And watching my 18-month old son and similar toddlers interact in the world, such reordering is something is learned well before five years old.

Compare to parrot and corvids. Birds have evolved a brain more efficient than humans. Crows are able to work with abstractions, and pound-for-pound use less brain matter.

And then there's the octopus and other cephelopods.